People ex rel. Ortenberg v. Bales

Decision Date16 April 1929
Citation250 N.Y. 598,166 N.E. 339
PartiesPEOPLE of the State of New York ex rel. Samuel ORTENBERG et al., Respondents, v. Charles F. BALES, Chief Inspector and Acting Superintendent of the Building Department, Borough of Queens, City of New York, Appellant.
CourtNew York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department (224 App. Div. 87, 229 N. Y. S. 550), entered July 7, 1928, which reversed an order of Special Term denying an application for a peremptory order of mandamus to compel the defendant to withdraw his revocation of a permit for the erection of a business building on premises which subsequently to the issue of such permit were zoned for residential purposes only, and granted said application.

George P. Nicholson, Corp. Counsel, of New York City (Willard S. Allen, J. Joseph Lilly, and Robert J. Culhane, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Doherty, of New York City, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Order affirmed, with costs.

CARDOZO, C. J., and POUND, CRANE, LEHMAN, KELLOGG, O'BRIEN, and HUBBS, JJ., concur.

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